The total electrification programme comes as a bonanza to a large number of tribes who live in remote forest areas in the district where drawing power lines is almost impossible. The Kerala State Electricity Board has drawn 12-km-long power lines to provide electricity to the tribal hamlets.

The programme helps to provide uninterrupted power supply to the Kanjikode industrial belt and the proposed rail coach factory at Kanjikode, an official release said here on Friday.